[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18711]


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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA-3127-EM]


Texas; Emergency and Related Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This is a notice of the Presidential declaration of an 
emergency for the State of Texas (FEMA-3127-EM), dated June 23, 1998, 
and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madge Dale, Response and Recovery 
Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472, 
(202) 646-3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that, in a letter 
dated June 23, 1998, the President declared an emergency under the 
authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), as follows:

    I have determined that the emergency conditions in the State of 
Texas, resulting from extreme fire hazards beginning on June 4, 
1998, is of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an 
emergency declaration under Title V, Section 501 (a) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, Pub. L. 
93-288, as amended (``the Stafford Act''). I, therefore, declare 
that such an emergency exists in the State of Texas.
    You are authorized to coordinate with other Federal agencies to 
provide any form of direct Federal assistance which you deem 
appropriate for required emergency measures, authorized under the 
Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and 
safety, and lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the 
designated areas. You are also authorized to provide reimbursement 
for the eligible costs associated with the pre-staging of Emergency 
Management Assistance Compact fire suppression assets. In addition, 
you are authorized to provide such other forms of assistance under 
the Stafford Act, as you may deem appropriate.
    In order to provide Federal assistance, you are hereby 
authorized to allocate from funds available for these purposes, such 
amounts, as you find necessary for Federal disaster assistance and 
administrative expenses. Consistent with the requirement that 
Federal assistance be supplemental, any Federal funds provided under 
the Stafford Act will be limited to 75 percent of the total eligible 
costs.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the authority vested in the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under Executive 
Order 12148, I hereby appoint Graham Nance of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to act as the Federal Coordinating Officer for this 
declared disaster.
    I do hereby determine the following areas of the State of Texas to 
have been affected adversely by this declared emergency:

    FEMA has been authorized to coordinate with other Federal 
agencies to provide any form of direct Federal assistance 
appropriate for required emergency measures, authorized under the 
Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and 
safety, and lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the State 
of Texas. Reimbursement for the eligible costs associated with the 
pre-staging of Emergency Management Assistance Compact's fire 
suppression assets is authorized.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers (CFDA) 
are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537, Community 
Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis 
Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services Program; 83.541, 
Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression 
Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family Grant (IFG) Program; 
83.544, Public Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing Program; 
83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program)
James L. Witt,
Director.
[FR Doc. 98-18711 Filed 7-13-98; 8:45 am]
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